Would but the Desert of the Fountain yield One glimpse--if dimly, yet indeed, reveal'd, To which the fainting Traveler might spring, As springs the trampled herbage of the field!

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Creator: Omar Khayyam, after Edward FitzGerald
Nationality / cultural background: Iranian · Persian
Work / edition: 1859 English adaptation

Translation: Edward FitzGerald · English

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In the source: XCVII

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